Distance Learning

Hi Film Buffs,

Hope you’re well and are staying safely distant from everyone outside your households.

I will be rolling out details of how we’re going to cope with this new lockdown on Tuesday morning.

Most importantly is that there are no changes to the deadlines for the textual analysis essays.

Draft 1 on Friday 29th January (approx. 1,000 words)

Final Submission on Friday 5th February

If you do not make the final deadline, you will be obliged to start again with a different film and will have another month to complete the essay.

I am obliged to have three meetings with you during that process and intend to schedule Google Meets to discuss your sequence and then next week to discuss your first draft.

I will have a schedule of times and dates on Tuesday.

Stay in touch and see you soon hopefully.

Back Up Your Project

We have got a temporary solution in place to back up your work from the D Drive.

You need to put your whole project folder in a new folder in the D Drive called “Backupfolder”.

This will mean that the next time you start InDesign or Premiere Pro you may have some issues with links or missing media.

  • If in Premiere it will ask you for the link to a list of missing files. Once you have located one, Premiere will find the rest.
  • If in InDesign it says there are missing links, you can reconnect by clicking on the yellow triangle in the bottom right hand corner of the image and locating the file. InDesign should find all of them if you have used multiple images, if not, you will have to locate them individually.

Please do this asap to ensure that we have got a back up of all your coursework files and Adobe Projects.

Cinema Stories

In partnership with the Psychology and Sociology department we are pleased to announce the first in the series of Cinema Stories.

We will be screening a notable film and will then hold a 30 minute Q&A discussion with a panel of experts on film and on the issues and topics explored in the movie.

The first event is scheduled for 5th October 7.00 – 10.00 and held at Candie Garden Museum.

The Film will be the documentary master piece by Asif Kapadia; AMY.

To book your place at this event, please click here.

Course Changes

Coronavirus and changes to the course

To try and support schools who have lost teaching time and to help social distancing IBO have made some significant changes to their course for students in the 2021 cohort.

In Film Studies, these are the changes:

Impact on the year 2 course at GGSFC

Long Term Camera Loans

Do you need a long term DSLR loan?

A Canon DSLR + tripod is available to borrow if you do either Media or Film Studies.

Loan period will finish at the end of the Summer Term (Friday 10th July 2020).

You will need to pay a £50 deposit, which is returned to you when you return the complete kit.

See Mr Gregson to arrange the loan.